34 Weeks!

Today marks our 34 weeks into pregnancy! According to Dr. Bohn, we have 1 more week to go and I'm considered full term. Yay! The last couple weeks just flew by. The anxiety I've been feeling about the birth has gone away and now it's turned into pure excitement. I'm ready for our baby to come out already! Next weekend, I'll pack my bag for the hospital and put it in Paul's car just in case our girl decides to come out a little earlier... I want to be prepared! Sleeping is still ok, other than that I have to wake up 4-5 times a night to go to the bathroom and additional 4-5 times to adjust myself since I find myself on my back occassionally or on my right side... So considering I wake up like 10 times a night, I'm still getting good sleep since I'm so tired all the time!

I'm so big these days, my maternity clothes seem to be getting tighter around the belly... Too funny... I lose my breath just walking around our office, more like waddling around the office... My last day at work will be April 1, which I'm definitely looking forward to. I hope I get some time off for R&R before the baby girl arrives!

Today, our baby is almost 5 pounds (like a cantaloupe) and almost 18 inches. Her fat layers are filling her out, making her rounder and chubbier. Below is my belly photo at 34 weeks!

Tomorrow is my babyshower at my parents' house! Thank you to San and Gina for organizing it! I can't wait!!!

Baby Room!!

Our baby girl's room, more like corner, is finally ready!!! We're so excited! We spent this past Sunday picking up all the baby furniture and goodies from my brother's house. Steve and Gina were more than generous with their hand-me-downs which were mostly unused and still in the box. They had more than what we needed or imagined we needed so it was like going shopping at Babies R Us. Our little girl has boxes and boxes of clothes to last her till she's 2 years old and quite a shoe and hat collection as well!!!

On Monday, Paul spent the whole day building the crib, decorating the walls with butterflies and cleaning out our closets to make room for baby's things. She's going to be a tiny little thing but she'll have so much stuff!!!

8 more weeks to go!

Today marks 32 weeks of our pregnancy! Only 8 more weeks to go, yay! Now, our baby weighs approx. 3.75 pounds, like a large jicama, and is about 16.7 inches long. She is moving less vigorously these days which I assume is because there is not much room in there for her... Poor thing.

This weekend is Valentines day weekend. My sweet husband sent me and our moms beautiful roses yesterday. He's such a sweetheart! We will be going to my brother's house this weekend to pick up the baby furniture and other baby necessities. I should have some pictures of our baby "room," more like corner, next week! I'm so excited to set up her space!

Below is our 32 week belly picture...

Work baby shower - Surprise!

I got a call yesterday at work saying that there was a package delivery for me at reception.... I walked down to reception and San told me that the package was in the conference room....? Strage, I thought... Then SURPRISE! There they were, my coworkers! They threw me a baby shower with cupcakes and gifts! So sweet... Our baby got a basket of baby goodies (so adorable) and a gift card (just what we need). Thank you to everyone who came and contributed! It was so thoughtful!

Cankles!!!!

Yesterday was the first day I noticed that my feet and ankles are so swollen. Paul says my feet look like sausages! haha.. I have cankles- ankles the size of my calves. It's shocking and scary to me but it's funny at the same time. I normally have the skinniest ankles and smallest feet! Before pregnancy, my shoe size was 6 and now it's 7.5. That's just crazzzzy! Below is a picture of my feet from last night. Please excuse my toenails.. I haven't gotten a pedicure since I got pregnant with the fear that the nail polish might hurt the baby.... One good thing was that I got a nice foot massage from my husband last night!

31 week check-up

Today was our 31 week check-up with Dr. Bohn. In short, everything checked out perfectly! I have gained 3 pounds in the last 3 weeks, which is right on target (1 pound per week is our target) which makes the total weight gain of this pregnancy to 19 pounds. We checked baby's heartbeat and it was 140 beats/minute which is perfect. We also measured my belly and did the normal urine test for protein, checking for preeclampsia. It seems like a successful doctor's visit! I'll go to the doctor every 2 weeks for next 3 visits and then every week after that. Lots of doctor's visits but we wanna make sure everything's in tip-top shape!

30+ weeks and counting!

Today marks 30 weeks and 4 days of our pregnancy journey. I must say, the last couple of weeks have flown by at a blink of an eye. Luckily, I've been feeling great, eating a lot and sleeping well. I hear that the last month of the pregnancy is the hardest. I can imagine why... My ever growing belly is becoming heavier and I can feel the pressure of it on my legs and hips. Trying to sleep on my side has been challenging as well. Paul constantly finds me on my back and tells me to turn... I even have a ginormous body pillow, why can't I sleep on my side?

Strangely, I have not had any cravings throughout this pregnancy. I wanted to eat potato chips for couple days but that was about it. It is funny how once I see something on television, like a burger commercial, all I want to eat is a burger and I cannot think about anything else until I have it. It's amazing how our body is designed... I also keep forgetting that my belly is protruding quite a bit now and I keep bumping it into things. I guess I think I'm skinnier than I really am... Now that I'm close to the finish-line, I have forgotten the miseries of first trimester morning sickness or any other discomforts I've had and looking ahead to motherhood! Oh, I'm going to cry.... I cannot wait to meet our little girl! Seeing Paul being so loving with my niece and our friends' babies, I can't wait to see Paul with our little girl as well. He will be such a wonderful daddy!

Below is a picture we took at week 30. WOW....